Teen Services
2025 Teen Poetry Contest
Submit your poem for Greenburgh Public Library and Writopia Lab's Teen Poetry Contest!
- Teen Poets entering the contest must be 12-19 years of age
- Teen Poets must be Westchester residents
- Entries must be original unpublished poems in English (though bilingual poems are acceptable). Any poetic style is acceptable.
- One entry per person.
- One page maximum length.
- Library employees are not eligible to enter.
Submission deadline Wednesday, April 16, 11:59 PM.
First Prize: $100 Gift card
Second Prize: $50 Gift card
Third Prize: $25 Gift card
2023 Teen Poetry Contest
2022 Teen Poetry Contest
2022 Teen Poetry Contest Winners
- 1st Place - Jhanae Ottey's "Poppy, I Am Not Free"
- 2nd Place - Michael Roehrl's "Storming The Beach"
- 3rd Place - June Lee's "Tart"
Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to our winners!
2020 Poetry Contest
2020 Teen Poetry Contest Winners
- 1st Place - Aaliyah Ali's "to whom it least concerns"
- 2nd Place - Sophie Gustin's "Edge of Adolescence"
- 3rd Place - Norah Baldwin's "Tea(ch)"
- Honorable Mention - Iris Liang's "Diluted Darling"
- Honorable Mention - Justin Friedberg's "Addiction"
- Honorable Mention - Darren Amona's "The Box"
Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to our winners!
2019 Teen Poetry Contest Winners
2019 Teen Poetry Contest
2019 Contest Winners:
- First Place - Dalia Zlata Roshal for "When The World Is Spinning Out of Control"
- Second Place - C. Carter Holmes for "Intuition or Anxiety"
- Third Place - Eliza Kaeding for "Creating Words"
- Honorable Mention - Ryan Dalal for "Stupidly Smart"
- Honorable Mention - Grace Barron for "Worth"
- Honorable Mention - Danielle Kohn for "Green Grassed Picket Fences"
Thank you all for entering the contest, and Congratulations to our winners!
2018 Teen Poetry Contest Winners
2018 Teen Poetry Contest Winners
- 1st Place - Mossiah Smith for "Black Man's Plight"
- 2nd Place - Lynassa Lugay for "Love Letter"
- 3rd Place - Noah Plattus for "Amusement Adventures"
- Honorable Mention - June Lee for "One Man's Back"
- Honorable Mention - Maeve Reynolds for "What Are You?"
Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to our winners!